Three kinds of medicinal diet treatments for esophageal cancer of weak Yang Qi

Esophageal cancer is classified as "dysphagia" in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine divides this disease into three types: phlegm-qi obstruction type, blood stasis type, and yang-qi deficiency type. This article introduces the symptoms, treatment principles, and drug therapy of yang-qi deficiency type.

Symptoms: loss of appetite, pale complexion, cold body and shortness of breath, vomiting clear saliva, swollen face and feet, bloated abdomen, pale tongue with white coating, and weak pulse.

Treatment principle: tonify Qi and strengthen the spleen.

Medicinal diet therapy:

1. Qi-tonifying and spleen-tonifying porridge:

Recipe: 6 grams of ginseng (or 12 grams of Codonopsis pilosula), 15 grams of Poria cocos, 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 10 grams of tangerine peel, five dates, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.

Preparation method: First, boil the first five herbs in water, remove the residue and add the juice into rice and dates to boil again. After the rice is rotten and the porridge is formed, add sugar and mix well.

Dosage: 1 dose per day, for 15-30 doses in a row. Can also be taken regularly.

Note: If using ginseng, it is better to fry the ginseng separately and add the juice into the porridge.

2. Smilax stewed with pork:

Recipe: 500 grams of fresh sarsaparilla (100 grams of dried product), 100 grams of fatty pork.

Preparation method: First chop the sarsaparilla into small pieces, add 1500 ml of water and boil it. When the water is reduced to about 500 ml, remove the residue, add the pork and stew until the meat is cooked.

Dosage: Take in 2 to 3 times, eat meat and drink soup, 1 dose per day, can be taken continuously for 20 to 30 doses.

3. Boil jujube with cotton root:

Recipe: 60 grams of cotton root, 15 to 20 dates, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Preparation method: Boil cotton roots and jujubes with water. When the jujubes are cooked, remove the cotton roots and add brown sugar.

Dosage: 1 dose per day, eat dates and drink soup, take in several times, take for 15 to 30 days.